Kershaw, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. It lies in Kershaw Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Caliente quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kershaw within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Kershaw (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 106 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Debris and open burning	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Fireworks	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Ely District Office	DUTCH FLAT
4 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	KERSHAW
4 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	KNOLL
16 September 1995	Natural	8.0 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	BUCKBOARD
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Southern Nevada District Office	DULADRAW
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Southern Nevada District Office	OAKSPRING2
15 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	ASH
14 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	ASHCANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kershaw (historical): 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Silver, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Caliente	Zeolites	Occurrence
Caliente Hot Springs	Geothermal	Producer
Caliente Perlite Mill	Perlite	Plant
Caliente Prospects	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Caliente Prospects	Silver, Gold, Copper	Prospect	1994
M. K. Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	1975
Quartzite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Union Pacific Quarry	Stone	Producer	Quartzite
Quicksilver Jim Claims	Mercury	Occurrence	1967
Quicksilver Jim Claims	Mercury	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Caliente	1.8 miles	15
Strawberry Hill	2.1 miles	15
Etna	3.6 miles	15
Indian Cove	4.7 miles	14
Yoacham (historical)	5.0 miles	14
Eccles	5.0 miles	14
Stine	7.5 miles	16
Boyd	10.8 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851252. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.